The unfolding relationship between man and machine in Robot & Frank remains one of movieland’s recent highlights.

Mining much the same vein is Spike Jonze’s bittersweet tale of a lonely writer falling for with his husky-voiced computer system.

Think of it as a futuristic take on A Matter Of Life And Death.

Joaquin Phoenix is a high-flying but lonely writer who, bruised by his failing marriage to Rooney Mara, begins a relationship with his computer (voiced by Scarlett Johansson).

The fact it’s a film about a frustrated, middle-aged writer means Her will be praised to the skies by the frustrated, middle-aged writers who make up the film critic community – a little like the acclaim heaped on Sideways 10 years ago.